[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Idaho National Labs wastes

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Not 'all,' only 'some'
State, DOE announce new INL waste agreement

By Nate Poppino and David Cooper
Magic valley Times-News (ID)
July 2, 2008

The state of Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy announced a new 
long-term deal Tuesday that will lead to removal of some - but not all - 
transuranic buried waste at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.

Under the agreement, Idaho will target a lesser amount of buried waste 
and in specific areas, rather than all the buried waste that was thrown 
into unlined pits at the site during Cold War years.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced the deal in Idaho Falls alongside 
former Govs. Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence 
Wasden, Idaho INL oversight director Kathleen Trever and James A. 
Rispoli, U.S. Department of Energy assistant secretary for environmental 
management.

Officials painted the agreement as a way to end squabbles over the 
amount of waste to remove and actually start removing waste. State 
officials, who have prevailed so far in court challenges to removal 
agreements, said any further court battles would waste taxpayer time and 
money.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/07/02/news/local_state/139671.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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